Heliopsis ‘Luna Roja’

Description

Turn up the summer heat with the scorching-hot colours of Heliopsis ‘Luna Roja’. Bursts of blooms in lava-like shades of orange and red are projected by black stalks like floating embers above satiny bronze-black foliage. This toasty summer display gets fired up in mid-summer and keeps up its hot-coals-colour-contrast into September. Unlike the weather sometimes, you can count on Heliopsis (or oxeye) to bring in some brightness!

Heliopsis ‘Luna Roja’ loves a sunny spot in a border, where it will eventually settle in and start to grow into a prolific clump. This hardy perennial doesn’t require frost protection over winter—once it’s established, it’s very low maintenance and will return for a summer showdown every year. Heliopsis helianthoides ‘Luna Roja’ sits happily in a hot colour border, or you can use it for contract amongst blue and purple flowered perennials, such as Veronica, Salvia or Verbena bonariensis.